The Wine Show

From their villa headquarters in the Italian hills, Matthew Goode and Matthew Rhys head to Tuscany for a barrel race and find a wine made by a woman called Dora.

The two Matthews travel to meet a Super Tuscan called Cinzano in Montalcino, where they crash his vintage Fiat 500, while wine expert Joe Fattorini heads to Chile.

In Italy’s capital, Matthew Goode and Matthew Rhys find out why ancient Romans added cheese to their wine. Amelia Singer tries wines in Australia’s Mornington Peninsula.

At the Vatican, Rhys and Goode meet a priest who needs a new communion wine. In South Africa, Joe Fattorini goes on baboon patrol at a vineyard inside a game reserve.

In Chianti, Matthew and Matthew visit the one-time home of Mona Lisa Gherardini, subject of Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait. Joe learns why Russia banned Moldovan wine.

The actors visit a vineyard once owned by Michelangelo and try designing their own wine label. In Israel, Joe examines how wine came to be at the heart of Judaism.

Goode and Rhys live la dolce vita in Rome with a breakfast of ice cream, a pastry-making class, and a celebration of sweet wine-and then see if they can avoid a hangover.

The Matthew duo get a masterclass in making Bologna’s most famous dish, with mixed reviews from an Italian mama. Joe overbuys at Burgundy’s famous Vente des Vins auction.

Our two gentlemen head to Verona, the setting for “Romeo & Juliet,” where they practice their newly learned sommelier skills on two unsuspecting lovers.

Matt and Matt travel north to the mountainous region of Trentino, where they meet an inspirational winemaker. In Hong Kong, Joe explores China’s “red obsession.”

Matt and Matt are challenged to distinguish between a £120 bottle of French wine and a Spanish one that costs just £10, as they learn about the most famous wine fraud.

In Venice, Matt and Matt find out about the Venetian love of the “aperitivo,” the opening drink of the evening. Joe visits an underwater wine cellar on Santorini.

Revisiting some of the show’s highlights, Matthew and Matthew take us on a whistle-stop tour of all 12 bottles in the show’s Spirit of Italy case.

10 wines, 10 characters. A Discovery of Witches author and former wine writer Deborah Harkness samples wine and identifies which character pairs best in Part 1 of this Wine Show and A Discovery of Witches mash-up.

10 wines, 10 characters. A Discovery of Witches author and former wine writer Deborah Harkness samples wine and identifies which character pairs best in Part 2 of this Wine Show and A Discovery of Witches mash-up.

10 wines, 10 characters. A Discovery of Witches author and former wine writer Deborah Harkness samples wine and identifies which character pairs best in Part 3 of this Wine Show and A Discovery of Witches mash-up.